New York A 5898: Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive
Status: SUBSTITUTED BY S5083 (as of 2025-06-11)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5898
Sponsors: Yudelka Tapia, Alex Bores, Alicia Hyndman, Angelo J. Morinello, Angelo Santabarbara, Catalina Cruz, Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, George Alvarez, Jen Lunsford, Joe DeStefano, John Lemondes, Karines Reyes, Keith Brown, Landon C. Dais, Manny De Los Santos, Maritza Davila, Philip Palmesano, Rebecca Kassay, Scott Gray
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. - This bill is not active in this session. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A05898 Summary: BILL NOA05898   SAME ASSAME AS S05083   SPONSORTapia   COSPNSRGray, DeStefano, Bores, Burdick, Cruz, Palmesano, Levenberg, Morinello, Alvarez, De Los Santos, Reyes, Hyndman, Lunsford, Dais, Davila, Kassay, Brown K, Santabarbara, Lemondes   MLTSPNSR   Add §§63-j, 508-d & 606-d, R & SS L   Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system or a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York. Go to top A05898 Actions: BILL NOA05898   02/24/2025referred to governmental employees 05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means 06/04/2025reported referred to rules 06/06/2025reported 06/06/2025rules report cal.439 06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.439 06/11/2025substituted by s5083  S05083 AMEND= SEPULVEDA  02/18/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS  04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE  05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1357  05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.  06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING  06/10/2025PASSED SENATE  06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY  06/10/2025referred to ways and means  06/11/2025substituted for a5898  06/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.439  06/11/2025passed assembly  06/11/2025returned to senate  12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR  12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.145 Go to topA05898 Committee Votes: Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye ColtonAyeReillyAye SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye EichensteinAyeTannousisAye McDonaldAye BurkeAye GriffinAye CarrollAye RomeroAye YegerAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/04/2025AYE/NAY:29/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaNay GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay ColtonAyeHawleyAye CookAyeBlankenbushNay BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye WeprinAyeWalshAye RamosExcusedDeStefanoAye BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye McDonaldAyeSmullenAye RozicAyeGiglioNay DinowitzAye MagnarelliAbsent BronsonAye DilanAye SeawrightAye HyndmanAye WalkerAye Bichotte HermelAye SimonAye CruzAye OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye EpsteinAye SeptimoAye Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:25/2 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye PretlowAyeHawleyAye CookAyeBlankenbushNay GlickExcusedRaNay DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye ColtonAyePalmesanoAye MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye PaulinAyeSmithExcused Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye BenedettoAye LavineAye LupardoAye BraunsteinAye DavilaAye HyndmanAye RozicAye BronsonAye HevesiAye HunterAye TaylorAye CruzAye VanelAye Go to topA05898 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA05898 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5898 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, GRAY, DeSTEFANO, BORES, BURDICK, CRUZ, PALMESANO, LEVENBERG, MORINELLO, ALVAREZ, DE LOS SANTOS, REYES, HYND- MAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ- ees AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to death benefits for the beneficiaries of certain members of the retire- ment system The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding 2 a new section 63-j to read as follows: 3 § 63-j. Death benefits for state-paid judges and justices. a. As used 4 in this section, the term "judge or justice" shall mean a state-paid 5 judge or justice of the unified court system including a retired judge 6 of the court of appeals or retired justice of the supreme court who is 7 serving as a justice of the supreme court pursuant to certification by 8 the administrative board of the courts in accordance with section one 9 hundred fourteen or one hundred fifteen of the judiciary law, or a hous- 10 ing judge of the
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